The Flying Doctor

Scooty · Spanner Monkey Joined: 30 Apr 2010 Karma :

Sad news about John Hinds the flying doctor of Irish road racing today: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-33396577

I remember watching him at the Ulster Grand Prix and being very impressed at the speed he was going with all of that medical gear strapped to him! RIP

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Howling TerrorOutOfOffice · Super Spammer Joined: 05 Dec 2008 Karma :

Yes sad news.

RIP.
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Llama-Farmer · World Chat Champion Joined: 23 Jan 2012 Karma :

RIP. May his legacy live on.
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Wafer_Thin_Ham · Super Spammer Joined: 18 Nov 2005 Karma :

RIP, he was awesome.
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moonzoomer · World Chat Champion Joined: 01 Jul 2012 Karma :

A terrible loss to Road racing, this guy funded himself and was always the first to lend a helping hand. He was probably as well known and respected as any of the top riders in Irish road racing, John will be sorely missed by all.

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sidewinder · World Chat Champion Joined: 24 Aug 2011 Karma :

Doing what he done best
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sidewinder · World Chat Champion Joined: 24 Aug 2011 Karma :

Doing what he done best
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R.I.P
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roadracejoe · Nitrous Nuisance Joined: 05 Feb 2012 Karma :

Yeah, hit a wall then his bike hit him, during a practice for Skerries Road Races.

ReadySalted · Scooby Slapper Joined: 23 Aug 2008 Karma :

I stumbled across this video yesterday while searching for tt videos:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsZBXlTHPCg

It's a presentation he did. Don't know when it was recorded or who the audience are, but it's very interesting and full of anecdotes. I watched it, and was really impressed with this guy. Particularly how he managed to use his occupational expertise to help people sharing his passion - road racing. I think what he did is quite amazing.
After reading into him a bit more last night I was saddened to learn that he had so recently died, and thought I'd post this video here for people to watch.

Rogerborg · nimbA Joined: 26 Oct 2010 Karma :

I have zero interest in racing, and yet that was absolutely fascinating. What a top chap.
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Llama-Farmer · World Chat Champion Joined: 23 Jan 2012 Karma :

Great video ReadySalted.

It led me to watch a couple of his other talks, and what a remarkable doctor, and speaker he was. Very witty and an ability to make such grave topics light hearted enough to make the point more effective.

Such a loss.
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